Chapter 27 Vocabulary

PACIFISM

OPPOSITION TO ALL WAR

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SANCTION

PENALTY

2

APPEASEMENT

POLICY OF GIVING IN TO AN AGGRESSORS DEMANDS IN ORDER TO

KEEP THE PEACE3

ANSCHLUSS

THE UNION OF AUSTRIA AND GERMANY

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ULTIMATUM

FINAL SET OF DEMANDS

5

MOBILIZE

TO PREPARE MILITARY FORCES FOR WAR

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NEUTRALITY

POLICY OF SUPPORTING NEITHER SIDE IN A WAR

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STALEMATE

DEADLOCK IN WHICH NEITHER SIDE IS ABLE TO DEFEAT THE OTHER

8

MANDATE

AFTER WWI, A TERRITORY THAT WAS ADMINISTERED BY A

WESTERN POWER9

NO MAN’S LAND

EMPTY TRACT OF LAND WHERE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN

DESTROYED BY WAR

10

ZEPPELIN

LARGE GAS-FILLED BALLOON

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U-BOAT

SUBMARINE

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CONVOY

A GROUP OF MERCHANT SHIPS GUARDED BY WARSHIPS

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TOTAL WAR

THE CHANNELING OF A NATIONS ENTIRE RESOURCES INTO A WAR

EFFORT

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CONSCRIPTION

“THE DRAFT” WHICH REQUIRES ALL YOUNG MEN TO BE READY FOR MILITARY OR OTHER SERVICE

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PROPAGANDA

SPREADING OF IDEAS TO PROMOTE A CERTAIN CAUSE OR TO DAMAGE

AN OPPOSING CAUSE

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SELF-DETERMINATION

THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN FORM OF

GOVERNMENT17

ARMISTICE

AGREEMENT TO END FIGHTING IN A WAR

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PANDEMIC

SPREAD OF A DISEASE ACROSS A LARGE AREA, COUNTRY,

CONTINENT, OR THE ENTIRE WORLD

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REPARATION

PAYMENT FOR WAR DAMAGE OR DAMAGES CAUSED BY

IMPRISONMENT20

COLLECTIVE SECURITY

SYSTEM IN WHICH A GROUP OF NATIONS ACTS AS ONE TO

PRESERVE THE PEACE OF ALL21